It is well-known that many of those who inhabit ivory towers see the world through tinted lenses. University of the Western Cape research fellow Ali Ridha Khan’s dismissal of Afriforum’s exposure of the vulnerability of minorities as “imagined existential threats” (IOL, April 10) is a case in point. Given his globalist moorings, Khan disparages what he calls “white nationalist posturing”, which projects “an image of white victimhood” and which seeks “a return to lost glory.�

�� In a nutshell, he describes the involvement of President Trump in this matter and Afriforum as a "tragicomic farce" based on "stupidity." George Orwell's profound statement that "political language is not meant to reveal truth but to conceal it" is one of the numerous sources he cites. If Khan removed his tinted lenses, he would see that there is nothing concealed about the laws, regulations, statements and exhortations which threaten minorities in South Africa.

* How does Khan step around the index of 142 racially discriminatory laws and regulations? * How is it possible for him to ignore the secret information contained in the Expropriation Act? * How is it that he fails to connect the dots between the passage of Employment Equity in 1998 and its tightening in 2003 as B-BBEE? How does he not see meritorious individuals being disadvantageed and subjected to discrimination because they are members of a minority group? * In what way does he claim that the practice of racial discrimination in the workplace, in employment, and in university admissions is not reverse discrimination? He dismisses Afriforum’s case as a “stupendous folly” based on an “interplay of ideology and emotion.�

�� However, if he shied away from using globalist jargon, he would realize that Afriforum's argument is based on historical records, legal developments, and empirical evidence. Why does Khan not respond to Paul Mashitile's archived plea that property will be taken from him without compensation? What about Julius Malema's promise to kill farmers and white people? What is Andile Mngxitima's plan, a member of the MKP, to kill five white people for every black victim? Ironically, Khan ends his rant by predicting a "society where the voice of reason triumphs over the siren of unreason." If he reconsidered his case, he would see that it is not on the side of reason.